India's Achievements in QS World University Rankings

• 13 Apr 2024

Source: TH

India's higher education and research landscape has shown significant progress in the 2024 QS World University Rankings by subject, reflecting the country's growing presence in the global academic community.

• IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Bangalore, and IIM-Calcutta ranked among the top 50 institutions globally for business and management studies.
• Jawaharlal Nehru University achieved the 20th position globally for development studies, making it the highest-ranked university in India.
• The Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences in Chennai secured the 24th position globally for dentistry studies.
• India emerged as one of the world's most rapidly expanding research centres, showing a 54% surge in research output from 2017 to 2022.
  • India ranks 4^th in research volume globally, trailing behind China, the US, and the UK, but ranks 9th for research impact.
• In the broader Asian context, India ranks 2nd for the number of universities featured and holds the 4^th position in the total number of ranked entries.
• India faces challenges in securing citations in premier global journals, with only 15% of its research cited in top-tier journals between 2017 and 2021.

Read more: QS World Ranking 2024